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Synonyms & Antonyms of fat-cat
(Entry 1 of 2)
having goods, property, or money in abundance
- the economy was in recession, but the fat-cat financiers on Wall Street didn't seem to be suffering
Synonyms for fat-cat
- affluent,
- deep-pocketed,
- fat,
- flush,
- loaded,
- moneyed
- (also monied),
- opulent,
- rich,
- silk-stocking,
- wealthy,
- well-endowed,
- well-fixed,
- well-heeled,
- well-off,
- well-to-do
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Near Antonyms for fat-cat
- bankrupt,
- bankrupted,
- beggared,
- broke,
- indebted,
- insolvent,
- pauperized,
- ruined,
- skint
- [chiefly British]
Antonyms for fat-cat
fat cat
nounSynonyms & Antonyms of fat cat (Entry 2 of 2)
1
a wealthy person
- that last recession was particularly hard on the poor, but the fat cats barely noticed a dip in their bank accounts
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2
one of high position or importance within a group
- a candidate that has the backing of most of the party's fat cats
Synonyms for fat cat
- big,
- big boy,
- big cheese,
- big gun,
- big leaguer,
- big shot,
- big wheel,
- big-timer,
- bigfoot,
- biggie,
- bigwig,
- heavy,
- heavy hitter,
- heavyweight,
- high-muck-a-muck
- (or high-muckety-muck),
- honcho,
- kahuna,
- kingfish,
- kingpin,
- major leaguer,
- muckety-muck
- (also muck-a-muck or mucky-muck),
- nabob,
- nawab,
- nibs,
- nob
- [chiefly British],
- pooh-bah
- (also poo-bah),
- wheel
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The first known use of fat-cat was in 1928
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